Health and Safety Adviser

Role Responsibility

Are you interested in working within a busy Health and Safety Team committed to continuous improvement and supporting positive Health and Safety management systems and culture across a large organisation?

We are looking for a Health and Safety Adviser to join the team to provide excellent health and safety advice across the functions of the County Council. 

This role will suit an enthusiastic, passionate and aspiring safety professional. The responsibilities include supporting policy development, advising, auditing, reporting, and working closely with services and teams to create solutions for health and safety challenges and share best practice.

The role will often be demanding, and there is a need to be highly organised, and juggle competing demands, whilst keeping self-motivated.   A strong attention to detail is essential along with great IT and analytical skills. The role required excellent communication and interpersonal skills with experience of engaging with a wide range of stakeholders, the ability to travel across the county is also a must.

You will have experience in a similar Health and Safety role, hold or be working towards a NEBOSH General Certificate/Diploma or equivalent. 

If you have the skills, knowledge and passion for health and safety and the drive to progress then we want to hear from you. 

This post is considered by KCC to be a customer-facing position. The Council therefore has a statutory duty under Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016) to ensure that post holders have a command of spoken English/Welsh sufficient for the effective performance of the job requirements. The appropriate standards are set out in the Job Description/Person Specification. 

This post is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure Application to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Interviews will be held in March. Interviews will be competency based and candidates may be asked to do a presentation.

Contact Details

For further information on this role please contact Maria Kelly, Interim Head of Health, and Safety 03000 410239 maria.kelly@kent.gov.uk

About the Company

KCC is committed to building a workforce which reflects the diversity of the county’s working residents, encouraging applications from people of all ages, abilities, genders, sexual orientations, ethnic backgrounds, faiths and those with caring responsibilities, and aspires to create an inclusive workplace where everyone can be themselves at work.

Please note – if you are interested, please apply as soon as possible as the closing date for this advert may be earlier than stated should a number of suitably qualified candidates apply.